Sunday, October 25, 2009

For weeks we have had this fun weekend plan where we were going to go to Tulsa with Laurie, Steve and the girls and go to the zoo and spend the night and eat out and shop. Well then the stomach flu struck their house in a terrible way and Scott had work projects come up so the trip got cancelled all together. I was a little bummed but we have had a good weekend at home.

Yesterday morning I went to a thing at my church for women called "Mugs and Muffins". It's always so fun - we eat yummy muffins and then have a speaker. I didn't take any pictures sadly.

I came home in time to watch a terrible ball game that I will not discuss because it's too sad.

After the game and Harper's afternoon nap - we loaded up and went to the mall. Scott wanted to shop for a ball cap and some new tennis shoes. This is me being bored in "Lids" while Scott tried to decide on a cap. Are these glasses me or what?

Scott trying to pick out just the right cap!

Harper wondering where all the pretty bows and dresses were in this store?

In the shoe store - they had these cute Southern Belle shirts with funny sayings - I loved this one!After we shopped - we headed to Mimi's for dinner. Harper was really good - as long as you keep a constant stream of food coming her way.

Our after dinner pose

After we got Harper to bed I decided it was finally time to tackle the one thing that has been hanging over my head for months - OUR CLOSET. I'm obviously not a proud person because I'm about to show you the before picture: (this is just my side)

Isn't that AWFUL? I'm very intent on keeping our house neat and clean but our closet has just become a pit of doom and destruction and I couldn't ever find time to make it better. Well seven trash bags later (clothes to donate) - I finally got MY side cleaned out.

Better. Now I have to tackle Scott's side. I decided to get rid of things I have hung on to years in case they fit one day or come back in style. I felt the need to purge.

This morning we woke up feeling kind of yucky. Scott got up with Harper and let me sleep a few extra hours. (She is sleeping through the night pretty well now but she gets up at 5:30. Oh my!) So we missed church which I hate but we have had some quiet worship time at home today. I hope your weekend was great!

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It looks like you had a wonderful weekend! Sometimes the weekend days with no plans are the best days. Your closet looks so much better, what a great feeling to have that taken care of!!!! I love cleaning out my closet and purging out the old clothes. There always seems to be that stack of "maybe one day" clothes that just never seems to make an appearance again.

We have been feeling yucky around our house this weekend too~well mommy and you know that means no one is happy :) Your closet looks great!! I am very happy to see that your closet looked that way though~simply because now I don't feel so bad that my side looks the same way!! You have made me want to work on mine!!And yes, let's not discuss that terrile game!

I don't even want to think about the football. I'm so sad we lost. But you know I think it's because we lost the Florida game, I think that killed their confidence you know? Oh well though they tried. Last time we lost to Ole Miss, we beat LSU so maybe that'll hold true again!

What's your secret to getting Harper to sleep all night? Evie is doing much better sleeping from -12 and then 12:15 - 7 or 8 most days. I think the secret with her is food and that she is so tired from crawling. HA! Harper is getting cuter and cuter.

Such cute pics! That Southern Belle shirt is too funny - true or what? I actually cleaned out our closet (finally) this past week. Feels SO good to have it organized again. We'll see how long it lasts... Made me realize I need some new clothes though. :-( Hope you all get to feeling better soon! pk @ Room Remix

Oh, girl, I hope you got those glasses!! And I love, love, LOVE those purple shoes I am seeing in your closet! Way to go on tackling the closet...had to do that before we moved a couple months back and it was NOT pretty!

I hope a day of rest helps you feel better...so sweet of Scott to let you sleep in. Dillan was an early riser around Harper's age but he eventually started sleeping until 7 or 7:30 as he got older. There is hope for more sleep!

Good work on the closet! It looks great! Sometimes those "hidden" areas of our houses are so easy to let get out of control! It happens before we know it! I had to laugh at those green glasses! I just got married last November and my husbands groomsmen broke those out during pictures and the reception! They were so fun!I hope you and Scott feel better soon!!-Michelle Marshall

I will pray you all feel much better real soon. Love the sunglasses:) and the cute shirt, so true!The closet, well I have put that task off longer than you have and I don't have a precious baby to take care of. Hope to tackle it VERY soon. You've inspired me to 'just do it'!Blessings today and always,KayeMatthew 21:22

I'm glad my closet isn't the only one that gets like that. It's so hard to get rid of the old..but there is always new and NEVER enough room! Just with my shoes alone there is always a mess, and I straighten them up, just to throw them back in, it's sad! My husband takes forever in Lids too, it's like how hard can it be! lol :) Harper is so cute, always! Glad you had a good weekend!

Kelly !! LOL, A good rule to follow is that if you did not wear it this past Summer, get rid of it,chances are you had a reason and the reason will still be there next Summer, too big, too little, just not me, why did I ever buy that, My husband is a pack rat but not me, he hates it when I clean out his side.(I would love to do the same to his work shop) Little Miss Harper is cute as always, love her leggings

You have got to try "huggable hangers"! They are the greatest invention for your closets. You can find them at www.hsn.com just type in huggable Hangers by Joy Mangano. I love, love, love them! They will make your closet look so pristine! The are WONDERFUL! They probably have a video of before and after shots, they really are as amazing as they say they are!!!

I'm so glad you posted about your closet cleanout! My closet is horrible and I've been thinking about doing the exact same thing. Makes me feel not quite so horrible to know that you had to purge too! :)

Sometimes when we have plans fall through it's a blessing in disguise because you just get to enjoy the most important people in your life and get a few things done that you hadn't though you would have time for :) I'm glad you had a good weekend, and I hope that you get to do the Tulsa trip some other time! Your closet looks great. I just did my closet a few weeks ago and it felt so refreshing when I was done with it!

Okay- your before picture of your closet has made me feel so much better- I had this vision of you being completely organized and neat right down to your junk drawer! My closet looked like yours a couple of weeks ago, and I would literally wake up in the middle of the night stressed over it. I finally had to spend a few hours doing exactly what you did! Just feels good to know I'm not the only one! Happy weekend!!

I agree with Alicia (11.28 a.m).Get all the same colored hanger, be like Joan Crawford, and banish wire hangers and use padded ones for sweaters and delicate items. I hang all my shirts in rainbow color order and place formal or out of season wear in fabric garment bags from The Container Store. (Wouldn't touch those vacuum packed type of things with a bargepole...your clothes need to breathe!!) The only place I am completely OCD is in in the organization of my closets!

You are adorable! I loved that you were so transparent you showed us your closet!! Mine is a disaster and we have company coming for Thanksgiving, so I feel a cleaning binge coming on. Even tho they would never look in my closet, you just feel so much better when you know everything is clean!Bless you. I hope you were just tired and not getting sick.

I'm proud of your husband for still picking out a new Hog cap after yesterday's debacle. As painful as losing to Florida was, losing to Nutt was much, much worse. Maybe we can get back on track this weekend. Glad you were able to have a great weekend despite the ugly game.

I have to say that I might have enjoyed the closet pictures in this post most because that happens to be how my 1/2 of the closet looks right now! I have my regular clothes, some maternity clothes, summerish clothes, fall clothes...everything is just thrown in there. I have to get my kids' seasonal clothes switched out before I can tackle mine though! That is a task I dread!

You know, I saw something on tv once that was great for organizing closets. It said to hang all your clothes with the hangers backwards. After you wear them and you are hanging clean clothes you hang them the correct way. Be diligent and after one year you get rid of anything that isn't hanging the right way.

I am SOOOO happy you posted a picture of you closet. That is JUST LIKE MINE and I so feel like I'm the only one in the world that has a closet like that! Mine was clean until my child dragged her chair into our closet and took ALL my shoes off the racks...needless to say...I've let the closet slide since that occassion! :) Glad you had a good "family" day yesterday and today!

Wow! You got some good closet cleaning time in while Harper was in bed. Our closet is the 'catch all spot' around our house. I really need to tackle it too. Hey, how'd you like a job??!!! I'd hire you to clean my closet out :o)

I love it when I get to do something that I have been wanting to do, but didn't have the time to (ok, maybe that's sometimes an excuse I use!). Your closet looks great, I'm sure that somebody is going to LOVE your donated clothes!I hope that you are feeling better soon, it's hitting everybody.I also love the video on the last post, she is such a doll!angie

The closet looks great! Gives me some inspiration! Did you get your ruffled top at NY & Co? I have one exactly like that- just wondered. Very cute, I wear it with button up cardigans with pearl colored buttons.

Oh how I wish I had a picture, no a VIDEO, of you and your dad moving your closet into Perrin West our freshman year! My mom and I were in awe and thought it would never end. Ha. Or pictures of either one of our closets in O.C. Bailey, and the extensions that were needed in our rooms so we could have places for the rest of our clothes! Ha.Oh Kelly, I've given the Hogs two weeks of chances. I actually WENT TO OXFORD. Oh well, it's a pretty place to visit. So not all was lost.

Your closet looks great. Thanks for the inspiration! I need desprately to do he same to my closet!!! (Especially considering the other day I was digging in the back of my closet for something what did I find? A green shorts jumpsuit from the 80's. yeah its time for a purging!:)

Okay your closet truly surprised me! I saw on twitter that you were tackling this, but oh MY KELLY! HA! I love it though! I wish I could be your donation point for your clothes though {GRIN} I have not said this for a long time now, but I just can't help it anymore, Scott looks like the twin of my ex-long term- boyfriend. I'm talking, brothers separated at birth! The resemblance is uncanny! And we are just in OK, it's a possibility! It cracks me up to see pictures of him because he and Danny even have similar facial expressions and dress alike and everything. Anyway, so glad you guys had a fun weekend.

Hey! I know you probably get hundreds, but I left you the "over the top" blog award on my blog. (www.lillyscottslife.blogspot.com)

Anywho, I have been meaning to leave a comment for a couple of months now--ever since we ran into you guys at Abuelo's--to say it was nice to meet you! (We were a family sitting right behind you, my 1 year old daughter Lilly was shrieking like a pterodactile and I was huge pregnant with our little boy Reid).

I know you have a gazillion blogs to read so don't worry about feeling like you have to come over--but when I thought about great blogs, this one was among the top of the list.

My closet was much worse than yours, but isn't it a good feeling to get it all cleaned and organized? I invested in Huggable Hangers from hsn.com and they are really worth the investment. You can also buy the same kind of hangers at Bed, Bath and Beyond, but it is their brand. Your clothes will not hang or slide off, they are made out of velour or something like it.